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D. T. ROBINSON.

Horse-Car Pole.

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Patented Jan. 8. 1867.

Witnesses:

Inventon AM. PHDTD'LITHO.C.N.Y. (OSBDRNE'S PROCESS.)

I DANIEL T. ROBINSON, I OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 61,021, dated January 8, 1867.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME Be itknown that I, DA'NiEL T. ROBINSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Railway Cars; and do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a' top view.

Figure 2,43. side elevation; and

Figure 3,-a' vertical section of my said invention.

In thed-ratvings, a denotes the pole, and [1 its connection, by means of which it is to be connected to the draw bar of a street-railway car. This connection 6 is formed of two plates of metal, c 6 united at the front ends by straps or bars, cl 02, so as to form between them a socket for the reception of the rear end of the pole a, which passes into such socket and has its rear end inserted in a staple, e, projecting from the under side of the upper plate, 0. Towards their rear ends the plates 0 c are furtherponnected together by a bolt or rod, f, the plate 0 having the usual pin-hole formed in'it for connecting it to the draw bar. The connectionmade as above described is such as is now commonly employed on street-railway cars, the pole being attached thereto by being bolted securely to the f connection, and so as to be inseparable from it. My invention consists in dispensing with these bolts and simply inserting the end of the pole into the socket between the two plates 0 e, and so that it can be instantly disconnected therefrom. It frequently happens that the pole of a horse-ear is broken. In this case the connection, as now constructed, being bolted to the pole, must be thrown aside with the broken portion thereof until a convenient time for repairing it or connecting it to a new pole. With my mode of connecting the pole-to the connection, of course it will be seen that it is only necessary to pull out the broken portion and insert a new .one without a moments delay. In the'old mode the horses must be unharnessed or disconnected from the broken portion, as the-whifiietree and traces are attached to it; but in case of my improvement this is not necessary. The stopping of one car necessarily delays many others, and the difl'erence of time between putting in a new pole by my method and that of the old one is often a matter of very great importance, and one which is readily understood and appreciated by railroad men. Cars are also frequently run without a pole; to do this with my invention the pole can be instantly removed, as the traces are notattached to it; but by the old method an entirely new connection must be substituted. It would-seem, perhaps, at first glance, that my invention was trifling, but when the saving of valuable time and much annoyance is taken into consideration, it becomes really one of importance and value.

I claim so applying the pole of a horse-car to its connection or draw bar as to be enabled to disconn'ect it therefrom instantaneously by itself or without the whifiietree, essentially in manner and to operate as hereinbefore described. I I

DANIEL T. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

"L. L FULLER,

CHAS. Enwzo PARKER. 

